I wouldn't think you were legally obliged to tell your boss but he may see a moral obligation to be informed. Conflict of interest etc & certainly if you are using his vehicle or equipment. ALL work must be covered by a master licence so if your boss doesn't put his name to your weekend work then you will need your own master licence. When I first started in the industry I was doing subby work for Chb & would continually be on installations that were seriously deficient in planning & design. I would often make suggestions to the client about improvements / changes etc & suggest they ring the sales people so they could be done while I was onsite. Without fail he would be quoted rediculous prices like $300 for one extra PIR to be installed. This would naturally be declined. Now this was at a time that I was trying to build up my own client base , so having given Chb the opportunity to satisfy the client I did not see a conflict of interest to leave my card & tell them the phone me later (when I was on my own time) This got me a lot of clients who are still with me today however when Chb found out they did not see it the same way as me & I was given the boot. Did not worry me too much as while I was technically competent I was only doing there work to get industry knowledge. I still do contract work for three security businesses but they all know that I put customer satisfaction before their profit margin. One of these even gets me to quote , cost , supply equipment & do the job , invoice him for the lot & he puts a margin on then bills the customer. He gets the monitoring if it is monitored & I look after any warranty the cost of which I have built in to my cost. This way he knows that if I cut corners then its on my shoulders not his.
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